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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SORENESS

n.[from sore. ] 1. The tenderness of any part of an animal body, which renders it extremely susceptible of pain from pressure; as the soreness of a boil, an abscess or wound.
2. Figuratively, tenderness of mind, or susceptibility of mental pain.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SORENESS

SORENESS Sore "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.

 

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